Couple of minutes ago one of our bots announced that has finished the DNS Leakage test. We decided to launch this test on request of one of our partner’s company which deals with private data auditing. They were interested in which sensitive information could be retrieved from the DNS.
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Previous post Basic Security Related PHP Directives showed us the basic set of PHP directives which significantly affects security of not PHP apps only. This article increases the spectrum of PHP security related configuration directives.
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Configuration of PHP is one of the significant security breakpoints. There is no doubt that ignoring this can lead to serious security consequencies. I’m not talking just about web applications vulnerabilities. Wrong PHP setup can allow to take your server under control by some invader. This article is trying to help you to do more for your calm sleep.
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System administrators must be able to manage inbound and outbound network traffic as well as prevent unwelcome visitors. UNIX like systems offer several tools to successfully fulfill these tasks. TCP Wrappers is one of the oldest and this short article is trying to give you practical examples of its use.
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Most people don’t distinguish between terms anonymity and privacy but it’s a big mistake! The meaning of each is quite different and mixing them can lead at least to dissapointment, in worse cases to fatal consequences. So, let’s take a closer look what you can expect if anonymity and privacy seem to be the same for you.
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